This notification No. amends Notification No. 152/94-Customs dated 13th July, 1994, 39/96-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996, 49/96-Customs, date the 23rd July, 1996, 51/96-Costoms, dated the 23rd July, 1996, 29/97-Customs, dated the 1st April,1997 and 25/99-Customs, dated the 28th February, 1999 - 020/2000 - Customs -Tariff

This notification No. amends Notification No. 152/94-Customs dated 13th July, 1994, 39/96-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996, 49/96-Customs, date the 23rd July, 1996, 51/96-Costoms, dated the 23rd July, 1996, 29/97-Customs, dated the 1st April,1997 and 25/99-Customs, dated the 28th February, 1999 1 st March, 2000 Notification No.20/2000-Customs In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 25 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), the Central Government, being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, hereby directs that each of the notifications of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), specified in column (2) of the Table hereto annexed, shall be amended or further amended, as the case may be, in the manner specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table. Table S.No. Notification No. and date Amendment (1) (2) (3) 1. 152/94-Customs dated 13 th July, 1994 In the said notification, in the Table, after S. No. 1 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely,- (1) (2) (3) (4) "1A. (i) All tangible appliances for the blind; (ii) Vocational aids for the blind; (iii) articles including instruments, Apparatus, appliances specially disigned for use by the blind. Nil (i) The said goods are imported by a blind person for his personal use." 2. 39/96-Customs, dated the 23 rd July, 1996 In the said notification, in the Table, (i) against S.No. 7, for the entry in column (2), the entry "Paints; ferrous and non-ferrous metals in any form and articles thereof" shall be substituted; (ii) against S. No. 20, in column (3), in condition (a), for the words "National Security Guard or Special Protection Group for bomb detection", the words "National Security Force or Central Industrial Security Force or Indo-Tibetan Border Police or Assam Rifles or Special Frontier Force, for bomb detection" shall be substituted. 3. 49/96-Customs, date the 23 rd July, 1996 In the said Notification, in the Table, in column (2), for item (II), the following shall be substituted, namely:- " (II) The goods specified in the Table to the notification of the Government of Inida in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), NO. 16/2000-Customs, dated the 1 st March, 2000 against S. No. 80 [in column (3) at item Nos. (A) and (C)], 115, 129, 130 (only blank travelers cheques), 132, 238, 311, 320, 323, 325 and 327.". 4. 51/96-Costoms, dated the 23 rd July, 1996 In the said notification, in the Table, against S. No. 1,- (a) in column (3), in item (b), for the words "parts and consumables", the words and brackets "parts, consumables and live animals (for experimental purposes)" shall be substituted; (b) in column (4), for the conditions, the following conditions shall be substituted, namely:- "(i) The goods are imported by or for delivery to - (a) a public funded research institution under the administrative control of the Department of Space or the Department of Atomic Energy or the Department of Defence Research and Development of the Government of India, or (b) an institution registered with the Government of India in Department of Scientific and Industrial Research; and the importer produces a certificate to this effect from an officer not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary in the concerned Department; The importer produces, at the time of importation, a certificate from the head of the institution, in each case, certifying that the said goods are required for research purposes only; In the case of import of live animals for experimental purposes, the importer produces, at the time of importation, a certificate from an officer not below the rank of a Deputy Secretary to the Government of India in the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research to the effect that the Committee for the Purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals has no objection to the said import and the live animals are required for research purposes, and When the goods are imported for delievery to the an institution, the certificates specified in terms (I) and (ii), as the case may be, items (I), (ii), and (iii) above shall be produced at the time of clearance of the goods from a warehouse appointed under section 57 or 58 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962)." 5. 29/97-Customs, dated the 1 st April,1997 In the said notification, in Annexure III, under heading IV Machinery for spinning composite weaving and knitting sectors, after item 1, the following shall be inserted, namely:- "2. Circular Knitting Machine 3. Computerised Flatbed Knitting Machine." 6. 25/99-Customs, dated the 28 th February, 1999 In the said notification, in the Table,- in List A,- S. NO. 4 and the entries relating thereto shall be omitted; Against S.NO.44, for the entry in column (4), the following shall be substituted, namely:- "Plastic Film Capacitors or Mixed Dielectric Capcitors, other than Power Capacitors.", after S. NO.63 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely:- (1) (2) (3) (4) "63 A. 39,73 Moulded shell with liner, Steel hub ring, spring, Floopy diskette (3.5" size)." d. against S.NO.120, for the entry in column (3), the following shall be substituted, namely:- "Parts of deflection yoke (DY), excluding colour deflection yoke core." (ii) in list B, after S.NO.1, and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be inserted, namely:- (1) (2) (3) (4) "2. 28 Gamma Ferric Oxide Magnetic Inks or Magnetic Tape. 3. 38 Precalcined /Pre-sintered ferrite powder Ferrites 4. 58,69,84,85 Molybdenum Molybdenum heating elements; trays; Saggers Sillicide / Ferrites disillicide Conveying 5. 39,74,75,76 Composite copper clad materials consisting of Paper + Epoxy+Glass cloth Printed Circuit Boards 6. 74 Glass Epoxy Copper clad laminates or Paper Phenolic Copper clad laminates Printed Circuit Boards 7. 74 Copper foils (plain or adhesive coated) Copper clad laminates (phenolic or glass epoxy tyres); composite tyre copper clad lamintes; multi-layer Printed Circuit Boards.", (ii) in List C, S, Nos. 1,2,,3,4,9 and 10, and the entries relating thereto, shall be omitted. (T.R.Rustagi) Joint Secretary to the Government of India NOTE:- (1) The principal notification NO. 152/94-Customs, dated 13 th July, 1994 was published in the Official Gazette, vide G.S.R. 581 (E), dated the 13 th July, 1994 and was last amended by notification No.27/99-Customs, dated the 28 th February, 1999 [G.S.R.163(E) ,dated the 28 th February, 1999]. (2) The principal notification No. 39/96-Customs, dated the 23rd July, 1996 was published in the Official Gazette, vide G.S.R. 291(E), dated the 23rd July, 1996 and was last amended by notification No. 27/99-Customs, dated the 28th February, 1999 [G.S.R. 163(E), dated the 28th February, 1999]. (3) The principal notification No. 49/96-Customs, dated the 23 rd July, 1996 was published in the Official Gazette, vide G.S.R. 301(E), dated the 23 rd July, 1996 and was last amended by notification No. 37/99-Customs, dated the 9 th April, 1999 [G.S.R. 250(E), dated the 9 th April, 1999]. (4) The principal notification No. 51/96-Customs, dated the 23 rd July, 1996 was published in the Official Gazette, vide G.S.R. 303(E), dated the 23 rd July, 1996 and was last amended by notification No. 28/98-Customs, dated the 2 nd June, 1998 [G.S.R. 163 (E), dated the 28 th February, 1999]. (5) The principal notification No. 29/97-Customs, dated the 1 st April, 1997 was published in the Official Gazette, vide G.S.R. 185(E), dated the 1 st April, 1997 and was last amended by notification No. 121/99-Customs, dated the 4 th November, 1999 [G.S.R. 752 (E), dated the 4 th November, 1999]. (6) The principal notification No. 25/99-Customs, dated the 28 th February, 1999 was published in the Official Gazette, vide G.S.R. 161(E), dated the 28 th February, 1999 and was last amended by notification No. 60/99-Customs, dated the 11 th May [G.S.R. 332(E), dated 11 th May, 1999].